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Nasogastric Tubing with Stylet

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS B4081

Nasogastric tubing with stylet

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nasogastric Tubing with Stylet cost?

$20.42

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.42 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$10.72 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$20.42 to $32.36

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $18 to $68Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $11 to $35
$10$100$1Kfacility $20professional $18

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.48
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$60.26
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.99
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$38.02
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$60.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$42.66
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$32.36
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$21.38
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.58
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.07
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.15

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Florida than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$20.42

FL $34.67AL $10.00

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.